Financial Controller

About the company

Utopia is an ultra-luxury hospitality and lifestyle brand creating a global ecosystem of properties and experiences.

We develop private villa retreats in beautiful locations around the world, each with high-end service. Utopia also offers a wider ecosystem of leisure experiences and services available both to those staying on property and to external visitors.

Utopia designs and builds its properties in-house. Our team works across the full journey: from concept and architecture to construction, interiors, landscape, guest experience, and long-term operation. For architects and designers, this means working on properties from the ground up, with the ability to influence how each place is planned, built, and experienced. For hospitality professionals, it means joining a brand where service is personal, attentive, and built around each guest’s stay.

We’re a young, ambitious team with high standards and a hands-on approach. We value strong ideas, practical thinking, attention to detail, and people who are ready to take responsibility for their part of the work. If you’re interested in architecture, design, hospitality, or guest experience, we invite you to grow with Utopia.

About the role

Utopia operates across multiple entities and jurisdictions, and we're looking for an experienced finance professional to take ownership of financial controlling from the ground up. As Financial Controller, you'll build financial processes on the new projects, ensure the accuracy of accounting operations, and own timely reporting and financial controls across the business.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and manage accounting operations for several Utopia entities across different jurisdictions.
• Build financial controlling processes from scratch where none currently exist, and refine them as the business grows.
• Design, implement, and continuously improve internal financial control procedures.
• Own monthly financial reporting across entities.
• Manage and support external audits end-to-end.
• Respond promptly to finance-related questions and requests from the CEO and Head of Finance.
• Manage external consultants and legal advisors to keep filings and controls on track.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in accounting, financial control, or treasury, including IFRS.
• Big 4 experience highly preferred.
• Proven, hands-on experience building financial controlling processes from the ground up — not just maintaining existing ones.
• Deep technical knowledge of accounting principles, beyond operational execution.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Fast learner, comfortable operating in a dynamic, fast-paced, and often ambiguous environment.
• Able to manage external consultants and legal advisors effectively.
• Fluent English.

Nice to Have:

• ACCA (professional level papers completed or near-completed).
• Russian — upper-intermediate or higher.

What we offer

• 100% remote collaboration.
• The chance to build something from zero. You'll design Utopia's financial controlling processes from the ground up, not inherit someone else's system.
• Properties across three continents. The controls you build sit behind real villas and experiences spanning Europe, Africa, and Latin America.
• A team that spans 30+ countries. Finance, architecture, and hospitality professionals working to the same standards, the same bar for quality.

By submitting this application, I agree that my personal data will be collected, processed, and retained by the company solely for the purposes of managing and assessing my candidacy.

Notice: This is a remote position based in Spain.